Uplift People Consulting تعلن عن وظيفة مدير مشاريع تقنية في الرياض

Our client is a global deep-tech company developing quantum processors, cloud-based platforms and advanced software solutions for industrial and scientific applications.

As part of its continued expansion in Saudi Arabia, the company is hiring two Technical Project Managers:

• One Project Manager will oversee a portfolio of technical and customer projects across Saudi Arabia.
• One Project Manager will be primarily dedicated to projects delivered in partnership with Saudi Aramco.

What You Will Do

Project Design and Planning

• Gather and centralize business and technical requirements.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables and success criteria.
• Assess project feasibility with the relevant technical teams.
• Develop detailed project plans, milestones, budgets and resource requirements.
• Identify technical, operational and commercial risks and establish appropriate mitigation plans.
• Define project governance, roles, responsibilities and working methods.
• Secure stakeholder approval and formally launch projects.

Project Delivery

• Lead projects from kickoff through final delivery.
• Monitor project progress, milestones, budget consumption and resource allocation.
• Coordinate internal contributors, customers, suppliers and external partners.
• Ensure that deliverables meet the agreed technical, commercial and quality requirements.
• Identify issues and dependencies early and guide teams toward practical solutions.
• Manage changes in scope, schedule, resources or customer requirements.
• Prepare clear dashboards and reports for project committees and senior stakeholders.
• Organize and document customer reviews, internal reviews, steering committees and decision meetings.
• Maintain strong communication between commercial, technical and customer teams.

Project Closure

• Confirm the completion and acceptance of all project deliverables.
• Finalize and archive project documentation.
• Lead project-closure and lessons-learned reviews.
• Recommend improvements to project-management methods and tools.

What We Are Looking For

• A technical, engineering or similarly relevant degree.
• At least three years of successful experience managing complex technology, engineering or industrial projects.
• Strong ownership of schedules, budgets, resources, risks and project deliverables.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary and matrix teams.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical specialists and business stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills.
• A proactive, structured and delivery-focused working style.
• Professional fluency in English.
• Ability to work from the Riyadh office approximately two to three days per week.

Additional Requirements for the Aramco-Dedicated Position

The Project Manager supporting Aramco should also have:

• Experience managing customer-facing projects within Saudi Arabia.
• The ability to work from Aramco’s premises in Dhahran for approximately one to two weeks per month.
• Confidence operating within complex governance and stakeholder structures.
• Experience in energy, industrial technology, advanced computing, AI, cloud or a similarly technical field.

Previous experience with Saudi Aramco or another major Saudi enterprise would be a strong advantage.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to quantum technologies, high-performance computing, AI or deep tech.
• Experience in oil and gas, energy or industrial digitalization.
• PMP, PRINCE2 or a comparable project-management certification.
• Knowledge of systems engineering or complex product lifecycles.
• Experience working with suppliers, subcontractors or research institutions.
• Arabic language skills.